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Don’t chase headlines, chase good quality news...

Weapons destruction by MECHEM UNDP project in Alpha Marr. Alain Budema/UNDP DRC
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    “Don’t chase headlines, chase good quality news... Don’t be first, be accountable” is the key message delivered to the news media and humanitarian communities by the latest ALNAP report. The report draws on debates at the 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting on 4th June 2008 in Madrid (IRIN thanks ALNAP for the opportunity to participate) as well as proposing a broader programme of research and analysis. It outlines a series of new opportunities and challenges for decision makers across the donor, media and humanitarian communities, and points towards a new agenda for the relationship between news media and humanitarian aid.

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